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JOSIAH FISE, SMELSER, WISCONSIN. Lem mam Na; 68,877, amd April 2, 1887.i

IMPBOVEMENT IN PLOUGHS.

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ALL WHOMT MAY CONCERN:

Be' it known that I, JOSIAH FISE, of the town of Smelser, in the countyof Grant, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new modefor'constructing and Operating;l Double Plougbs; and I do hereby declarethat the following .isa full, clear,'and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures marked as reference thereon, making a part of thisspecification.

w I take a beam of any of the known forms and attach a tongue thereto.At the end of the tongue that joins the beam Irboltplates of iron, one neach side, as shown at Fignre 1, which passes back von each side of thebeam 'snflicient to form a strong connection. Through. these plates,near their centre, I pass a. bolt, marked a,whichpasse`s through thepoint of the beam, thus forming a hinge. At the back end of these platesis a slot, marked b. The principle of this hinge is to allow the'tongueto be raised Aor lower-ed to give any required I depth of fanow-,andthere hehl with a bolt passing through the slot b that tightens with anut. To enable me toattach my team and change my plough to the right orleft I bolt a plate two and one-half (z) inches broarl and ten (10)inehes long nearly ovcr the point of the forward plough by passing abolt through near the centre of the plate and beam. At the back end ofthis plate is a' slot with a bolt passing'through it, and the beamallowing the plate to turn on its centre bolt. I attach my whipples tothe forward end of this plate, with a bolt pussing through them and astrap' made fast to the plate 'behind them. To enable me to attach twoploughs I 'take a. bar ofiron. twenty inches long and four .inclreswide, markedFigure 3,'.and to this barI attach aplough of any of theknown forms near the back end, marked C; I bolt this bar to the beam,near its joint, on the right side, (standing behind the plough.) On theleft-hand side of the beam, near its joint, I'attach a bar similar tothe first, b0lting to the beam and 'running back with an angle until itis any required' (listance from the beam for` another plough, and thenturns 'parallel withthe beam und runs nearly'its length,where it is made.fast-to the beam with bolts holding it the same distance from the beamaswhere it. took the pnrallel. To

this bar'I attach the second ploug'h the same as the`first, far enoughbehind to admit the foul trash" and -stubblejto pass between them;This`,plough has handles as other ploughs. A

` What'I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The plate ,conneeting the tongue and' beam, marked fig. 1, together withthe plate attaching my team to the plouglf, audbars that my ploughs areattached to,'for.the uses as set forth in my description andspecification.

JOSIAH FISH.

. -Witnesses: I i i v H. B. Woon', N. HARvsY.

